St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

56-56, 25-30 Away

Final

57-54, 32-26 Home


STL
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	2	11	10	0
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	2

C. Martinez8-9

8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 0 BB

I. Kennedy4-8

6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 5 K, 4 BB

CardinalsTop 1st
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Strike Looking
  Fastball 91
  2
  Ball
  Fastball 91
  3
  Strike Swinging
  Fastball 91
  4
  Double
  Fastball 91
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 2nd
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 3rd
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 4th
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- Wong grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J. Martínez scored, Molina to third, Fowler safe at second on error by shortstop Escobar.
  2
  1
- Fowler scored, Wong safe at third, Garcia safe at second on throwing error by catcher Butera.
  4
  1
- 6 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 5th
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 6th
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 7th
- P. Moylan pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 8th
- P. Moylan pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- C. Martínez pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 9th
- R. Buchter pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- Voit hit for Carpenter.
  9
  2
- Kelly hit for Molina.
  11
  2
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 9th
- S. Tuivailala pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- Voit at first base.
  11
  2
- Kelly catching.
  11
  2
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Strike Looking	Fastball	91
2 Ball	Fastball	91
3 Strike Swinging	Fastball	91
4 Double	Fastball	91

Cardinals
11
Royals
3

Game 1

8/8

Cardinals
10
Royals
3

Game 2

9/8

Kauffman Stadium

1:15 AM, 8 August 2017

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 38,478

Game Time:2:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
First Base Umpire - Ryan Blakney
Second Base Umpire - Mike Winters
Third Base Umpire - Marty Foster

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	93	56	.624	-	W5
Chicago	83	66	.557	10	W2
Pittsburgh	74	75	.497	19	L2
St. Louis	73	76	.490	20	L1
Cincinnati	69	79	.466	23.5	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	76	72	.514	-	W1
Cleveland	75	74	.503	1.5	L1
Minnesota	70	78	.473	6	W1
Detroit	69	79	.466	7	W3
Kansas City	66	83	.443	10.5	L1

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